To enhance user experience and product adaptability a truly new and unique innovation has been introduced by Charlton & Jenrick across the Purevision stove range.
Our active baffle system helps to reduce any possible user frustration when starting up or re-fuelling the stove by allowing free entry flue flow when required but automatically restoring ideal firebox conditions during normal running.
On a cold crisp winter afternoon, there is nothing better than lighting up your wood stove and enjoying the glow of relaxing warmth around the fire as the evening draws in. Stop and think for a minute then of the column of cold, dense, static air that can form within an external flue system when still conditions and freezing temperatures cause equalisation inside and outside of the duct. Chimneys only work by warm, less dense air rising within, thereby drawing in replacement air through the stove at the base.
If there is no heat in the internal static air column and the density remains the same then it simply will not move until pushed out. Lighting any stove can be difficult and slow in that situation because all highly efficient modern stoves reject less waste heat up into the flue resulting in sluggish start-up with more smoke and emissions produced than desired.
Overcoming this flue flow inertia in difficult conditions was once the preserve of dedicated skill, technique and initiative obtained by years of operational practice.
Now though, it has never been easier and simpler than using the new Purevision active baffle system. If conditions require it, simply switch the control lever into the Ignition position to open a dedicated through-flow channel allowing initiation heat straight into the flue pipe for rapid gas acceleration.
Once up and running with an established fire bed, switching back to the Automatic position allows the flue channel to open when the door is opened, assisting rapid evacuation of fresh fuel gases when re-fuelling. Once the door is closed again, firebox gas flow conditions are restored to optimal by the lever mechanism, allowing high thermal efficiency and complete combustion to be achieved. Should the facility not be required once the flue system is warm then the operating lever can be placed into the Closed position, returning the baffle to a static condition until active operation is next required.
Deliberately heavily manufactured in high grade tough and thick stainless steel, the system has been designed to be easy to maintain and have a durable lifetime. Simple practicalities of sweeping and cleaning have not been overlooked either, the unit being sensibly engineered to ensure that service access such as removing the baffle plate and other firebox items does not require any tools. Considerable thought and design intent has also gone into easy set up and adjustment. A spring retracting solid stainless-steel roller mechanism propels the baffle channel from open to closed and is easily adjustable with a single thread provided at the top of the firebox. The C&J active baffle system is supplied as standard on all Purevision stoves both freestanding and inset.
With recent growth in the installation of new wood burning stoves and additional external flue systems into properties this innovation is sure to return dividends wherever temperature equalisation or resistance to start up flue flow is likely to occur. Even in properties where any difficulty is very unlikely to occur, why compromise and go without this bespoke facility when it is available right across the broad Purevision range? High performance has become more commonplace with Ecodesign Ready stoves but easy operation, flexibility, adaptability and innovative solutions still needs to be sought out – Purevision’s new active baffle system provides all of that and much more.
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